Welcome To Oregon: An Oregon Historical Variety Show

Join lifelong Oregonian Marcus Axford on a journey aboard doomed ships facing the harshest conditions the Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean have to offer.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_erectus#Taxonomy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peat#General_uses

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesse_canoe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jacob_Astor_IV

https://www.oregonlive.com/living/2012/04/titanic_sinking_sends_ripples.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Iredale

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7622634/kate-willis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_M._Warren_Sr.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Discovery

Peter Iredale Biography

American Civil War Union Ships • FamilySearch

Typical wages in 1860 through 1890 – Outrun Change

The Romantic Period, 1820–1860: Essayists and Poets | American Literature I (lumenlearning.com)

Francis H. Leggett - Wikipedia

Oregon’s deadliest shipwreck was on this day 108 years ago - OPB

Mariner survived shipwreck by being trapped inside - McKenzie River Reflections (mckenzieriverreflectionsnewspaper.com)

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/delta/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Bar#:~:text=The%20bar%20is%20where%20the,for%20vessels%20of%20all%20sizes.

What about the Shark? - Cannon Beach History Center & Museum (cbhistory.org)

The wreck of the Shark gave Cannon Beach its name | Offbeat Oregon History | #ORhistory

https://www.oregonlive.com/northcoast/2008/02/shark_played_critical_role_in.html

Morning Star (ship) (oregonencyclopedia.org)

Join lifelong Oregonian Marcus Axford on a wild journey through the history of one of Oregon's most iconic geological wonders, the Oregon Caves National Monument.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_painting#:~:text=The%20oldest%20known%20cave%20painting,was%20made%20by%20a%20Neanderthal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenolan_Caves#Indigenous_culture

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carboniferous#

https://truwe.sohs.org/files/reelfoot.html

https://www.anamericanquilt.com/elijah-jones-davidson.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Caves_National_Monument_and_Preserve#History

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18123920/elijah-jones-davidson

https://wrightarchives.blogspot.com/2011/03/truth-about-reelfoot-by-george-wright.html

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45190512/elijah-barton-davidson

https://www.ijpr.org/show/as-it-was/2016-05-17/newlywed-holds-dying-husband-in-oregon-caves

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KZ93-VLJ/alma-victorine-pollock-1888-1965

Join lifelong Oregonian Marcus Axford on a tour through the origins of the largest city in the state, dark corners and all.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolithic_Revolution

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_cities#:~:text=The%20earliest%20known%20city%20is,in%20the%20society%20of%20%C3%87atalh%C3%B6y%C3%BCk.

https://www.thecollector.com/first-cities-human-civilization-oldest-cities/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87atalh%C3%B6y%C3%BCk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland,_Oregon#History

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Overton_(Portland_founder)

https://www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-city-life/2016/05/one-history-sleuth-s-radical-theory-everything-we-know-about-how-portland-began-is-wrong

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/overton_william/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_1873

https://www.oregonhistoryproject.org/articles/historical-records/portland-fire-1873/

Join lifelong resident Marcus Axford through the history of Oregon's great film industry, and the actors, directors and movies that shaped the state.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantastoria

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_film

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_play

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_obscura

http://www.sandragulland.com/tag/18th-century/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_lantern

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatrope

https://www.vox.com/22745191/black-white-movies-belfast-passing-cmon

https://screenrant.com/first-color-movie-world-flesh-devil-wizard-oz/

https://artsandculture.google.com/story/technicolor-la-cin%C3%A9math%C3%A8que-fran%C3%A7aise/JAUR8XV-3nr-Jg?hl=en

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolving_views

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelodeon_(movie_theater)#Decline

https://www.britannica.com/technology/Kinetoscope

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_shot_in_Oregon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeward_Bound:_The_Incredible_Journey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meek%27s_Cutoff_(film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_House

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11

https://www.jdpower.com/boats/2000/vip

https://www.slashfilm.com/1270734/batman-forever-built-working-batboat-for-few-seconds-film/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloweentown_(film)#Pre-production

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredible_Journey_(film)#Filming_locations

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Wallace

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swordfish_(film)

https://www.pdxmonthly.com/travel-and-outdoors/2014/07/ninja-turtles-in-astoria-july-2014

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Willy#Filming

Lifelong Oregonian Marcus Axford takes you on a grand treasure hunting trip to dig up lost stories and legends on Oregon's hidden wealth.

Sources:

https://www.history.com/shows/the-curse-of-oak-island/articles/what-is-the-history-of-oak-island

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randolph,_Oregon

https://www.opb.org/article/2022/07/20/stories-of-lost-gold-and-hidden-treasures-dot-the-oregon-coast/

https://www.offbeatoregon.com/H1008d_spanish-gold-of-neahkahnie-mountain.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeswax_wreck

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/mckay_thomas/

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/manila-galleon-wreck-on-the-oregon-coast/

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/fraser-canyon-war

https://www.treasurenet.com/threads/the-china-bar-treasure.649262/

https://www.oldwest.org/lost-treasures-oregon/

https://offbeatoregon.com/H1004a_CrystalCave.html

Join lifelong Oregonian Marcus Axford on a tour of Oregon's dark origins of black history and native clashes with white settlers.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_ancient_Egypt#:~:text=According%20to%20noted%20archeologists%20Mark,paid%20laborers%2C%20rather%20than%20slaves.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_slavery

https://www.asianstudies.org/publications/eaa/archives/building-the-great-wall/

https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-china/great-wall-of-china

https://www.antislavery.org/slavery-today/modern-slavery/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAuNGuBhAkEiwAGId4arDmgEDIuxDOH1PONkdvF8UFclTNDAXdaI2CKWTW6sluMhzm8hkdEBoCH2kQAvD_BwE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Whitman

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Wars#Pacific_Northwest

https://scholarworks.umb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1215&context=trotter_review

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/exclusion_laws/

https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/exhibits/ww1/Pages/before-fight.aspx#:~:text=Civil%20War,moved%20elsewhere%20for%20war%20service.

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/vanport/

Join lifelong Oregonian Marcus Axford as he explores the history and study of poison from Oregon's wilds.

Sources:

History of poison - Wikipedia

An apocalyptic cult, 900 dead: remembering the Jonestown massacre, 40 years on | Religion | The Guardian

Antivenom - Wikipedia

The Science of Snake Venom: How It Works and Its Medicinal Uses (reptileknowledge.com)

Native American Plant Use - Glacier National Park (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)

https://www.worldhistory.biz/modern-history/79719-arrow-poisons-of-the-north-american-indians.html

https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19980813&slug=2766339#:~:text=Death%20by%20snakebite%20is%20rare,venom%20to%20kill%20a%20person.

https://www.eastoregonian.com/news/local/spider-bite-sends-woman-to-hospital/article_a1cf68dd-25c0-5c92-a1cd-779cda1f511b.html

Stella Nickell - Wikipedia

https://www.centraloregonmushroomclub.com/Prevent-Pet-Poisoning-.htm?m=102&s=873

https://www.vet.cornell.edu/departments-centers-and-institutes/riney-canine-health-center/health-info/blue-green-algae-poisoning-cyanobacteria-toxicosis

https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-4586-unsolved-murders.html#:~:text=On%20July%2012%2C%202003%2C%20a,Portland%20dog%20owners%20on%20edge.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/woman-convicted-for-tampering-with-excedrin

https://www.wweek.com/news/2021/11/03/who-poisoned-joe-gilliamtwice/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Rajneeshee_bioterror_attack

Join lifelong Oregonian Marcus Axford on a walk through one of Oregon's darkest memories when white hoods roamed free and corruption ran deeper than ever.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk%E2%80%93Holden_war

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ku-Klux-Klan

https://www.senate.gov/about/origins-foundations/senate-and-constitution/14th-amendment.htm#:~:text=Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20on,laws%2C%E2%80%9D%20extending%20the%20provisions%20of

https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/historic-document-library/detail/ku-klux-klan-act-of-1871-april-20-1871-an-act-to-enforce-the-provisions-of-the-fourteenth-amendment-to-the-constitution-of-the-united-states-and-for-other-purposes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._W._Griffith

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Artists

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01439688500260201#:~:text=Much%20like%20the%20present%2D%20day,of%2Dstep%20with%20the%20times.

https://www.history.com/news/kkk-birth-of-a-nation-film

https://www.opb.org/article/2022/03/14/rise-of-klan-white-nationalism-hate-racism-oregon/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan_recruitment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan_in_Oregon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_land_laws#:~:text=Alien%20land%20laws%20were%20a,to%20own%20land%20and%20property.

https://offbeatoregon.com/1304b-ku-klux-klowns-kome-to-oregon.html

https://offbeatoregon.com/1304c-rise-of-the-ku-klux-klan-in-oregon.html

https://offbeatoregon.com/1304d-fall-of-the-house-of-klux.html

https://qz.com/806978/the-kkk-was-once-a-giant-pyramid-scheme-exploiting-racism-for-tons-of-money

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_W._Olcott

Join lifelong Oregonian Marcus Axford in the first episode of 2024 as he dives into the terrifying concept of being lost in the wilderness, as well as other stories of what happens out in the woods of Oregon.

Sources:

Donner Party - Wikipedia

Lansford Hastings - Wikipedia

Lost in Oregon: Hiker's 2012 disappearance joins hundreds of unsolved wilderness cases - oregonlive.com

https://vanished.us/cases/charles-mccullar-crater-lake/

https://thatoregonlife.com/2021/09/14-cold-cases-in-oregon-that-still-have-authorities-baffled/

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/family-of-hiker-killed-on-wa-trail-plans-to-sue-sheriffs-office-alleging-sabotage/

https://www.opb.org/article/2023/06/06/washington-hiker-killed-lewis-county-portland-musician-aron-christensen-governor-jay-inslee/

https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19990331&slug=2952564

https://www.oregonhikers.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14303&start=30

https://curtdeatherage.wordpress.com/2019/04/10/a-chance-encounter/

https://pcttrailsidereader.com/post/46921374871/deaths-at-crater-lake-national-park-a-morbid/embed

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/bvate7/in_1975_charles_mccullar_19yearold_aspiring/?rdt=44053

https://abcnews.go.com/US/whitney-heichel-missing-oregon-barista-found-dead-man/story?id=17524469

https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2009/02/authorities_identify_body_foun.html

https://www.thechiefnews.com/opinion_paid/offbeat-oregon-history-crater-lake-car-chase-ended-with-hand-grenade/article_b845f050-ce27-11e7-adcd-ef5500f61d3b.html

https://www.columbian.com/news/2016/sep/08/local-mans-body-missing-4-years-found-in-oregon/

The end of the year is here! Presents have been opened, decorations are coming down and food has been enjoyed. Speaking of food, we have one last story for 2023, join lifelong Oregonian Marcus Axford as we go on a tour of Oregon's dairy industry!

Sources:

https://www.foodnetwork.com/fn-dish/news/2017/03/how-butter-was-born-and-why-it-spread

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butter_rebellion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson%27s_Bay_Company

https://www.oregonwinepress.com/article?articleTitle=olden-days-of-the-dairy--1299087949--672--food

https://oregonexplorer.info/content/oregons-dairy-industry?topic=8&ptopic=2

https://www.hbcheritage.ca/history/fur-trade/deed-of-surrender#:~:text=Proponents%20of%20self%2Dgovernment%20wanted,harder%20to%20defend%20HBC's%20monopoly.

https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/exhibits/trademarks/Pages/dairy.aspx#:~:text=The%20dairy%20industry%20began%20in,was%20second%20only%20to%20lumbering.

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/morning_star_ship_/

https://odncouncil.org/dairy-in-oregon/

https://leveereadycolumbia.org/timeline/22691/#:~:text=In%20May%20and%20June%20of,on%20record%20to%20this%20day.

https://www.geni.com/people/Peter-McIntosh/6000000012091716361

https://www.oregonlive.com/O/2010/09/cheese_maker_peter_mcintosh_br.html

https://www.tillamook.com/our-history

https://www.offbeatoregon.com/1208b-bad-milk-was-killing-babies-in-portland.html

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/tillamook_cheese/

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/12/portlands-best-raw-milk-dairy-killed-22-in-1922/